A MULTI-AWARD winning film called Garbage Dreams, which was partly shot in Chepstow, is to be screened at Chepstow's Drill Hall later this month.

The film tells the true story of three teenagers growing up in the world's largest 'garbage village' in Cairo during a time of change. It was partly shot in Chepstow and other locations in South Wales after the three teenagers were invited over by David Roman, manager of Monmouthshire's community recycling team.

The story centres on Cairo's Coptic Christian Zaballeen community, which makes its living from collecting Cairo's waste and finding uses for every material they can. They work long hours in less-than perfect conditions but are proud of the service they provide and the 80 per cent recycling rate they achieve. When the city council decides to modernise its waste system, multi-national corporations are given contracts to empty the bins, and the Zaballeen find that their raw materials are drying up.

Janet Rawlings of Chepstow Friends of the Earth, who arranged the Drill hall screening at 7.30pm on November 15, said: "Although they are a disadvantaged minority, the Zaballeen are adaptable, strong-willed and not without friends – including the community recyclers of Wales – and this film includes scenes shot locally. It is wonderful that Monmouthshire played a part in this award-winning story."

•Garbage Dreams has been shown in six continents, has won 25 international awards and has led to a $1million donation from the Gates Foundation to the Zaballeen's Recycling School.